No Country For Old Men - Coen Brothers Next Film!
04-05-07, 09:00 PM
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No Country for Old Men (New Coen Brothers)
Plot summary from IMDb:
It's also screening at Cannes too. Great cast lined up, no major regulars but Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin are the big names.
I'm extremely excited for this one because it seems like this is the darkest Coen entry since Miller's Crossing (one of my all-time favorites). If so, it'll be the best movie they've done since The Big Lebowski.
Paramount Vantage is distributing. This is becoming the hot-ticket indie distributor it seems. Babel gets a Best Picture nomination, Black Snake Moan was my favorite movie of the year so far (so criminally underrated), they're handling There Will Be Blood (P.T. Anderson's next) and this...seems like the new Fox Searchlight to me.
Thoughts? People who read the book?
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.
I'm extremely excited for this one because it seems like this is the darkest Coen entry since Miller's Crossing (one of my all-time favorites). If so, it'll be the best movie they've done since The Big Lebowski.
Paramount Vantage is distributing. This is becoming the hot-ticket indie distributor it seems. Babel gets a Best Picture nomination, Black Snake Moan was my favorite movie of the year so far (so criminally underrated), they're handling There Will Be Blood (P.T. Anderson's next) and this...seems like the new Fox Searchlight to me.
Thoughts? People who read the book?
04-20-07, 05:35 AM
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Another Coen Brothers movie will be filming soon - Burn After Reading.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19992
Brad Pitt Joining Burn After Reading
Source: The Hollywood Reporter April 20, 2007
Brad Pitt has signed on to join his Ocean's 13 co-star George Clooney in the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading for Working Title Films.
The black comedy, which also stars Frances McDormand, centers on a CIA agent who loses the disc of the book he is writing. Like the film's title, the screenplay is shrouded in secrecy, and it is unclear what role Pitt will play.
The Hollywood Reporter says the actor will begin shooting the film in late August.
Joel and Ethan Coen wrote the screenplay, and Joel Coen will direct the contemporary project. Focus Features will distribute worldwide.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19992
Brad Pitt Joining Burn After Reading
Source: The Hollywood Reporter April 20, 2007
Brad Pitt has signed on to join his Ocean's 13 co-star George Clooney in the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading for Working Title Films.
The black comedy, which also stars Frances McDormand, centers on a CIA agent who loses the disc of the book he is writing. Like the film's title, the screenplay is shrouded in secrecy, and it is unclear what role Pitt will play.
The Hollywood Reporter says the actor will begin shooting the film in late August.
Joel and Ethan Coen wrote the screenplay, and Joel Coen will direct the contemporary project. Focus Features will distribute worldwide.
05-22-07, 05:12 PM
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Have any of you read the scripts for "No Country for Old Men" or "Burn After Reading" yet? Someone emailed both of them to me the other day, but I haven't looked over em yet.
05-22-07, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Cosmic Bus
You can watch five clips from the film here.
The clips were long enough to be possible spoilers so I just watched 20 seconds or so of each clip. It's not much to go on, but I'm loving the feel of the film. It looks like there's going to be some great performances and dialog here.
I can't wait to see this film. Hopefully this is a return to form for the Coen's after the last 2 subpar outings.
05-22-07, 10:05 PM
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I just ordered the book so I can read it before the film is released here
This has been getting great word out of Cannes, with most calling it one of the Coens' best films. Which has me very excited.
http://sixreelshuffle.blogspot.com/2...r-old-men.html
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?lay...117933677&cs=1
This has been getting great word out of Cannes, with most calling it one of the Coens' best films. Which has me very excited.
http://sixreelshuffle.blogspot.com/2...r-old-men.html
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?lay...117933677&cs=1
07-20-07, 03:15 AM
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No Country For Old Men - Coen Brothers Next Film!
http://www.nocountryforoldmen-themovie.com/
Check out the trailer!
Looks like another solid flick. Can not express my excitement enough! They never cease to amaze!
Check out the trailer!
Looks like another solid flick. Can not express my excitement enough! They never cease to amaze!
Hell yeah... Looks like a return to form. Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers, while enjoyable, did not deliver.
07-22-07, 10:41 PM
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Definitely looks Coen. Looks like they adapted from a novel (from Cormac McCarthy), and I believe they usually write their own material from scratch...or at least their classics. Keeping my fingers crossed.
07-23-07, 02:05 PM
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Looks like the Coens have come full circle, going back to what they started with in Blood Simple.
I'm definetly looking forward to another outing with them.
I'm definetly looking forward to another outing with them.
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My friend just sent me a short txt message as he saw the screen peek the other night. It went like this.
"no country for old men = amazing. Astounding. Spectacular. Fraggin phenominal."
"no country for old men = amazing. Astounding. Spectacular. Fraggin phenominal."
